Anna Soperさんのイラストまとめ

On the Isle of Man, it is believed that if you step on a patch of St. John's Wort at sunset, a fairy horse will rise from the earth.🐴 It will happily carry you around all night before depositing you in your usual haunts at sunrise! #FolkloreThursday

2/ On Christmas morning, the bag would be silently unwrapped, and the rose placed in the lady's bosom for church. The first man who either asks about the rose or plucks it from her bodice (cheeky!), will be her husband. #FolkloreThursday [From Lindley's history of roses]

1/ Cornish ladies used roses for divination. Walking backwards into a garden on Midsummer's eve (as you do), they would pick a rose, then place it in a bag... [A plate from 'Flora Londinensis', by William Curtis.] #FolkloreThursday #PlantLore

@SILibraries @BioDivLibrary @britishmuseum In the Victorian language of flowers, purple lilacs symbolize the 'first emotions of love'. #FolkloreThursday 'La plante et ses applications ornementales' (1896) via @BioDivLibrary @SILibraries https://t.co/IBaAk5FIHT

"If apples bloom in March, in vain for them you'll search. If apples bloom in April, why then they'll be plentiful. If apples bloom in May, you may eat them night and day." [Oldenburg apple, via USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection @National_Ag_Lib] #FolkloreThursday

In Newfoundland, a dwy is a mist or fine shower. #FolkloreThursday [Etchings by David Blackwood]

Some believe that cats' pupils wax and wane with the moon. #FolkloreThursday [Edward Bawden, 'Cat and an Orchid', pencil and watercolour]

When a cat's fur snaps with electricity, bad weather is on its way. #FolkloreThursday [Andy Warhol, 'Sam', 1954.]

🇨🇦 Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦 These illustrations come from Catharine Parr Traill's 1868 book, 'Canadian Wild Flowers' (with #botanical art by Agnes FitzGibbon). #HistSciArt #BotanicMonday #CanadaDay #OCanada #FeteDuCanada #July1st #HappyCanadaDay #LongWeekend #BotanicalIllustration

Another view of the Vampire Squid, with bonus glowing eyes!🧛🏼‍♂️ #ArtisticLicense #CephalopodWeek [Carl Chun, 1910]